CHAPTER Ⅰ GENERAL PROVISIONS
The purpose of this Act is to contribute to promotion of welfare of the aged by taking measures necessary for maintaining mental and physical health and stabilizing the life of the aged.
| Article 2 (Fundamental Ideology) |
| (1) | The aged shall be respected as those who have contributed to the upbringing of descendants and the development of the State and society, and shall be guaranteed their sound and stable living. |
| (2) | The aged shall be guaranteed an opportunity to engage in proper works and to participate in social activities according to their abilities. |
| (3) | The aged shall endeavor to maintain at any time their mental and physical health through the self-consciousness of mental and physical changes concomitant with old age, and to contribute to the development of society by utilizing their knowledge and experience. |
| Article 3 (Maintenance and Development of Family System) |
The State and citizens shall make efforts to maintain and develop a sound family system on the basis of public morals respecting the aged and discharging one’s filial duties.
| Article 4 (Responsibility for Promotion of Welfare) |
| (1) | The State and local governments shall be responsible for promoting the welfare of the aged. |
| (2) | The State and local governments shall endeavor to embody the fundamental ideology as prescribed in Article 2 upon adopting policies concerning the welfare of the aged. |
| (3) | Any person who operates a business related to the daily life of the aged, shall make efforts to promote the welfare of the aged in operating his business. |
| Article 5 (Welfare Policy Committee for Aged) |
| (1) | In order to comply with any consultation of the Prime Minister on the welfare policy for the aged, the Welfare Policy Committee for the Aged shall be established under the jurisdiction of the Prime Minister. |
| (2) | Matters necessary for composition and operation of the Welfare Policy Committee for the Aged shall be determined by the Presidential Decree. |
| Article 6 (Respect-for-Age Week) |
In order to enhance the ideology of respecting the aged and discharging filial duties, and to heighten the will of the aged to improve their living, the State or local governments shall establish a respect-for-age week in May each year.
| Article 7 (Welfare Consultant for Aged) |
| (1) | In order to take charge of counselling and guiding services for the welfare of the aged, the welfare counselors for the aged shall be assigned to the Gu (limited to the Seoul Special Metropolitan City and Metropolitan Cities) and Si/Kun. |
| (2) | Matters necessary for recruitment, functions and remuneration of the welfare counselors for the aged shall be determined by the Presidential Decree. |
CHAPTER Ⅱ MEASURES FOR WELFARE
| Article 8 (Measures for Consultation, Admission, etc. to Facilities) |
| (1) | When it is deemed necessary for promoting the welfare for the aged, the Minister of Health and Welfare, the Seoul Special Metropolitan City Mayor, Metropolitan City Mayor, Do governor, or the head of the Gu (limited to the Seoul Special Metropolitan City and Metropolitan Cities; hereinafter the same shall apply) /Si/Gun (hereinafter referred to as “welfare administrators”) shall take the following measures: |
| 1. | To have any public official concerned or any welfare counselor for the aged provide counseling and guidance to a person who is not less than sixty-five years old or any person who protect him; |
| 2. | To institutionalize a person who is not less than sixty-five years old and has difficulty in being protected in his residence for reasons of any physical, mental or environmental reason and economic reason, in an institution for the aged or an institution for the aged for actual expenses or entrust any such institutionalization; and |
| 3. | To institutionalize a person who is not less than sixty-five years old, and needs to be protected at any time due to a serious physical or mental defect and has difficulty in being protected in his residence, in an institution for the aged or an institution for the aged for actual expenses or entrust any such institutionalization. |
| (2) | The welfare administrators may take measures as referred to in any subparagraph of paragraph (1) even for a person who is below sixty-five years of age, if he shows noticeable signs of decrepitude and it is deemed necessary to protect him in a special way. |
| (3) | In case where a person who was admitted to a facility for the aged under paragraph (1) or (2), dies, if there is no person who holds a funeral for him, the welfare administrators may hold a funeral for him, or have the head of the facility hold a funeral for him. |
| Article 9 (Medical Examination, etc.) |
| (1) | The welfare administrators may conduct medical examinations and health education for those who are not less than sixty-five years of age and reside in their territorial jurisdiction under the conditions as prescribed by the Presidential Decree. |
| (2) | If it is deemed necessary as a result of a medical examination as referred to in paragraph (1), the welfare administrators shall give necessary guidance to the person who goes through the medical examination. |
| Article 10 (Respect-for-Age Hospitality) |
| (1) | The State and local governments may have a person who is not less than sixty-five years of age use free of charge or at a discount rate the transportation facilities and other public facilities of the State or local governments under the conditions as prescribed by the Presidential Decree. |
| (2) | The State or local governments may allow a person who operates a business related to daily life of the aged, to treat favorably those who are not less than sixty-five years of age, by discounting charges for using his business. |
| (3) | The State and local governments may give proper support to a person who discounts charges for using his business to the aged under paragraph (2). |
| Article 11 (Operation and Support of Welfare Projects for Age at Home) |
| (1) | The welfare administrators shall make efforts to operate projects aiming at the promotion of the welfare of the aged at home (hereinafter referred to as the “welfare projects for the aged at home”), so that the aged having any physical and mental disability may receive necessary various kinds of protection and support as long as they live at home. |
| (2) | The welfare administrators may give any proper support to those who carry out the welfare projects for the aged at home. |
[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 4633, Dec. 27, 1993]
| Article 12 (Operation and Support of Respect-for-Age Projects) |
| (1) | The State or local governments shall endeavor to operate projects for promoting the welfare of the aged, such as general culture courses, recreation, etc., for the purpose of maintaining the mental and physical health of the aged and promoting good use of their leisure hours. |
| (2) | The State or local governments may give any proper support to a person who operates a respect-for-age hall (including a pavilion for the aged; hereinafter the same shall apply), classes for the aged, recreation facilities for the aged or other projects aimed at the promotion of the welfare of the aged. |
| Article 13 (Allowance for Aged) |
| (1) | The State and local governments may pay an allowance for the aged to those who are not less than sixty-five years of age. |
| (2) | Matters necessary for a payment schedule of the allowance for the aged as referred to in paragraph (1), the criteria for selection etc. of those who are the object of such an allowance shall be determined by the Presidential Decree. |
| Article 14 (Development, etc. of Occupational Categories) |
| (1) | The State or local governments shall endeavor to develop occupational categories and their settlement that are suitable for the aged. |
| (2) | The State or local governments shall endeavor to give the aged who are able to work an opportunity to work. |
| Article 15 (Assistance for Vocation) |
When the State or local governments, other public organizations permit or entrust the installment of a booth to sell articles for daily life, such as foodstuffs, articles for using in offices, newspapers, etc., or automatic vending machines in public establishments built and managed by the State, local governments or other public organizations, if a person who is not less than sixty-five years of age, applies for it, they shall endeavor to give such applications priority.
| Article 16 (Designation of Manufactured Tobacco Retailers and Red Ginseng Distributors) |
If a person who is not less than sixty-five years of age, applies for a designation as a manufactured tobacco retailer or red ginseng distributor under the Tobacco Business Act or the Ginseng Business Act, the Minister of Finance or the Korea Tobacco and Ginseng Corporation shall endeavor to designate the aged as a manufactured tobacco retailer or red ginseng distributor.
The State or local governments shall promote construction of houses equipped with functions and equipment suitable as dwellings for the aged.
CHAPTER Ⅲ FACILITIES AND PROJECTS
| Article 18 (Welfare Facilities for Aged) |
| (1) | The welfare facilities for the aged shall be as follows: <Amended by Act No. 4633, Dec. 27, 1993> |
| 1. | Asylums for the aged, which aim to admit the aged to facilities, and to provide them with meals and other conveniences necessary for daily life free of charge; |
| 2. | Sanatoriums for the aged, which aims to admit the aged to facilities, and to provide them with meals, medical care and other conveniences necessary for daily life free of charge; |
| 3. | Actual expense facilities for the aged, which aim to admit the aged to facilities and provide them with meals and other conveniences necessary for daily life at a moderate rate of charge; |
| 4. | Actual expense sanatoriums for the aged, which aim to admit the aged to the sanatorium and provide them with meals, medical care and other conveniences necessary for daily life at a moderate rate of charge; |
| 5. | Welfare halls for the aged, which aim to comply with various consultations of the aged and provide them, free of charge or at a moderate rate of charge, with opportunities to improve their health, culture, recreation and other conveniences necessary for promoting the welfare of the aged; and |
| 6. | Actual expenses welfare houses for the aged, which aim to admit the aged to the house and provide them with the convenience of dwelling at a moderate rate of charge. |
| (2) | Matters necessary for the object, procedure, etc. for admission to facilities for the aged shall be determined by the Ministerial Decree of Health and Welfare. |
| Article 19 (Establishment of Welfare Facilities for Aged) |
| (1) | The State or local governments may establish welfare facilities for the aged. |
| (2) | The social welfare corporation and other nonprofit corporations may establish welfare facilities, for the aged with the permission of the Seoul Special Metropolitan City Mayor or Metropolitan City Mayor, or the Do governor (hereinafter referred to as the “Mayor/Do governor”). |
| (3) | Matters necessary for the criteria and permission for establishment of welfare facilities for the aged shall be determined by the Ministerial Decree of Health and Welfare. |
| Article 19-2 (Pay Welfare Facilities for Aged) |
| (1) | The pay welfare facilities for the aged shall be as follows: |
| 1. | Pay facilities for the aged: facilities admitting the aged for meals and other conveniences necessary for their daily life, and operated by collecting the total expenses required for them from those admitted to such facilities; |
| 2. | Pay sanatoriums for the aged: facilities admitting the aged for meals, medical treatment and other conveniences necessary for their daily life, and operated by collecting the total expenses required for them from those admitted to such facilities; and |
| 3. | Pay welfare houses for the aged: facilities admitting the aged for the convenience of residence, and operated by collecting the total expenses required for them from those admitted to such facilities. |
| (2) | Matters necessary for persons to be admitted, formalities regarding admission, to the pay welfare facilities for the aged, shall be determined by the Ministerial Decree of Health and Welfare. |
[This Article Added by Act No. 4633, Dec. 27, 1993]
| Article 19-3 (Establishment of Pay Welfare Facilities for Aged) |
| (1) | Any person who desires to establish pay welfare facilities for the aged, shall obtain the permission of the Mayor/Do governor. |
| (2) | Matters necessary for the standards of equipment, permission on establishment, etc. of the pay welfare facilities for the aged, shall be determined by the Ministerial Decree of Health and Welfare. |
[This Article Added by Act No. 4633, Dec. 27, 1993]
| Article 20 (Leisure Facilities for Aged) |
| (1) | The leisure facilities for the aged shall be as follows: |
| 1. | Respect-for-the aged hall: facility which aims to provide the aged with a place where the aged in an area may independently enhance mutual friendship, enjoy hobbies and recreation activities, and operate a common work place or other leisure activities; |
| 2. | Classroom for the aged: facility which aims to provide the aged with study programs related to sound hobbies, maintenance of health in their old age, guarantee of income in their daily life for the purpose of satisfying their desires to participate in the social activities; and |
| 3. | Recreation facilities for the aged: facilities which aim to provide the aged with sanitary and recreation facilities and other accommodations related to mental and physical recreation. |
| (2) | Any person who desires to establish leisure facilities for the aged, shall register with the Mayor/Do governor under the conditions as prescribed by the Ministerial Decree of Health and Welfare. |
| (3) | Matters necessary for the criteria for establishment, registration, etc. of leisure facilities for the aged shall be determined by the Ministerial Decree of Health and Welfare. |
| Article 20-2 (Welfare Projects for Aged at Home) |
| (1) | The welfare projects for the aged at home shall be the following ones: |
| 1. | Home service personnel dispatch project: a project to dispatch home service personnel to the home having an aged person who has difficulty in his daily life due to physical or mental disability, and provides him with various conveniences necessary for his daily life so that he may lead a sound and stable old age life in the community; |
| 2. | Daytime protection project: a project to strive for maintaining and improving the life stability and the function of the physically or mentally weak aged who are unable to be protected by their families for any inevitable reason, by reducing the physical or mental burden of the family, by admitting them to facilities and providing them with various conveniences during the daytime; and |
| 3. | Short-term protection project: a project to strive for promoting the welfare of not only the physically or mentally weak aged who are unable to be protected by their family for any inevitable reason, and are required to be protected temporarily, but also their homes, by admitting them to facilities for the short-term and protecting them. |
| (2) | Matters necessary for executing the projects, such as contents, object, etc. of such welfare projects for the aged at home under paragraph (1), shall be prescribed by the Ministerial Decree of Health and Welfare. |
[This Article Added by Act No. 4633, Dec. 27, 1993]
| Article 20-3 (Execution of Welfare Projects for Aged at Home) |
| (1) | Any person who desires to execute the welfare projects for the aged at home, shall obtain the permission of the Mayor/Do governor: Provided, That this shall not apply in case where the State or local governments execute such projects. |
| (2) | Matters necessary for the standards to be provided, permission, etc. for executing the welfare projects for the aged at home, shall be determined by the Ministerial Decree of Health and Welfare. |
[This Article Added by Act No. 4633, Dec. 27, 1993]
| Article 21 (Abolition or Suspension) |
| (1) | If the social welfare corporation or other non-profit corporation desires to abolish or suspend the operation of welfare facility for the aged established under Article 19, it shall report, in advance, to the Mayor/Do governor under the conditions as prescribed by the Presidential Decree. |
| (2) | If a person who has established pay welfare facilities for the aged under Article 19-3, desires to abolish or suspend the operation of such facilities, he shall report, in advance, to the Mayor/Do governor under the conditions as prescribed by the Presidential Decree. |
[Added by Act No. 4633, Dec. 27, 1993]
| (3) | If a person who has established leisure facilities for the aged under Article 20, desires to discontinue or suspend the operation of such facilities, he shall report, in advance, to the Mayor/Do governor under the conditions as prescribed by the Ministerial Decree of Health and Welfare. |
| (4) | If a person who executes the welfare projects for the aged at home under Article 20-3, desires to discontinue or suspend the projects, he shall report, in advance, to the Mayor/Do governor under the conditions as prescribed by the Presidential Decree. |
[Added by Act No. 4633, Dec. 27, 1993]
| Article 22 (Obligation to Entrustment) |
If a person who establishes and operates an welfare facility for the aged, is entrusted with the admission of an old person to the facility or a funeral of an old person under Article 8 (1) 2 and 3, or (2) or (3) of the said, he shall not refuse it without any justifiable reason.
| (1) | The Minister of Health and Welfare or the Mayor/Do governor may have a person who establishes and operates any welfare facilities for the aged, pay welfare facilities for the aged or leisure facilities for the aged, or person who executes the welfare project for the aged at home, submit a report necessary for such facilities or projects, and have a public official concerned examine the operational situation of such facilities or projects or inspect books and other documents. |
[Added by Act No. 4633, Dec. 27, 1993]
| (2) | When a public official concerned performs his duties under paragraph (1), he shall show a certificate indicating his competence to the interested persons. |
| Article 24 (Cancellation, etc. of Permission) |
| (1) | If any welfare facilities for the aged fall under any of the following subparagraphs, the Mayor/Do governor may order a suspension or discontinuance of the service, or cancel the permission as prescribed in Article 19 (2): |
| 1. | Where the facilities cease to conform to the standards of facilities as prescribed in Article 19 (3); |
| 2. | Where the facilities refuse the entrustment in contravention of the provisions of Article 22; |
| 3. | Where the facilities fail to submit a report as prescribed in Article 23 without any justifiable reason, or make a false report, or refuse, interfere with, or evade, any investigation or inspection; |
| 4. | Where the facilities violate the provisions of Article 28 (2); and |
| 5. | Where the facilities violate this Act or any order issued under this Act. |
| (2) | If any pay welfare facilities for the aged fall under any of the following subparagraphs, the Mayor/Do governor may order a suspension or discontinuance of such service, or cancel the permission as prescribed in Article 19-3 (1): |
| 1. | Where the facilities do not conform to the standards of facilities as prescribed in Article 19-3 (2); |
| 2. | Where the facilities fail to submit a report as prescribed in Article 23 without any justifiable reason, or make a false report, or refuse, interfere with, or evade, any investigation or inspection; |
| 3. | Where the facilities violate the provisions of Article 28 (3); |
| 4. | Where the facilities treat unreasonably the aged admitted to the facilities, or perform any act to infringe on the rights and interests of the aged admitted to the facilities in operating them; and |
| 5. | Where the facilities violate this Act or any order issued under this Act. |
| (3) | If a person who executes any welfare project for the aged at home, falls under any of the following subparagraphs, the Mayor/Do governor may order him to suspend or discontinue the project, or cancel the permission as prescribed in Article 20-3 (1): |
| 1. | Where he does not conform to the standards as prescribed in Article 20-3 (2); |
| 2. | Where he fails to submit the report as prescribed in Article 23 without any justifiable reason, or makes a false report, or refuses, interferes with, or evades, any investigation or inspection; |
| 3. | Where he violates the provisions of Article 28 (5); |
| 4. | Where he treats unreasonably the aged who are the object of the project, or commits an act to infringe on the rights and interests of such aged; and |
| 5. | Where he violates this Act or any order issued under this Act. |
| (4) | The detailed criteria for the administrative disposition as prescribed in paragraphs (1) through (3) shall be determined by the Ministerial Decree of Health and Welfare. |
[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 4633, Dec. 27, 1993]
| Article 25 (Cancellation, etc. of Registration) |
If a leisure facility for the aged falls under any of the following subparagraphs, the Mayor/Do governor may cancel any registration under Article 20 (2): <Amended by Act No. 4633, Dec. 27, 1993> | 1. | Where the facility ceases to conform to the criteria for establishment under Article 20 (3); |
| 2. | Where the facility fails to submit a report as prescribed in Article 23 without any justifiable reason, or makes a false report, or refuses, interferes with, or evades an investigation or inspection; |
| 3. | Where the facility fails to submit a report in contravention of the provisions of Article 28 (4); and |
| 4. | Where the facility conducts any activity other than the object of establishment of the registered facility. |
If the Mayor/Do governor desires to take a disposition as prescribed in Article 24 or 25, he shall give in advance the other party to the disposition or his representative, an opportunity to state his opinion, under the conditions as prescribed by the Presidential Decree: Provided, That this shall not apply in cases where the other party to the disposition or his representative fails to comply with it without any justifiable reason, or it is impossible to give him an opportunity to state his opinion due to an obscurity of his address, etc.. [This Article Added by Act No. 4633, Dec. 27, 1993]
| Article 26 (Burden of Expenses) |
Expenses needed for measures for welfare under Articles 8 and 9 and the establishment of welfare facilities for the aged under Article 19 (1) shall be borne by the welfare administrators or the financial resources raised by community chest under the Social Welfare Community Chest Act under the conditions as prescribed by the Presidential Decree. <Amended by Act No. 5317, Mar. 27, 1997> <Enforcement Date Jul. 1, 1998>
| Article 27 (Disposal of Left Money) |
The welfare administrators or the head of an welfare facility for the aged may, in holding a funeral under Article 8 (3), appropriate any money or securities which the deceased left behind, to expenses necessary for the funeral, and if it is short, such articles left behind may be disposed of and the price may be appropriated to the deficit.
| Article 28 (Collection of Expenses) |
| (1) | The welfare administrators which bear the expenses necessary for welfare measures under Articles 8 and 9, may collect all or part of the expenses from the concerned or persons liable for supporting them under the conditions as prescribed by the Presidential Decree: Provided, That this shall not apply except in the case of facilities for the aged and the sanatorium for the aged. <Amended by Act No. 4633, Dec. 27, 1993> |
| (2) | If a corporation which establishes an actual expense facilities for the aged, actual expense sanatorium for the aged, actual expense welfare houses for the aged or welfare hall for the aged under Article 19 (2), desires to collect expenses necessary for it from those who are admitted to or use the facility, it shall obtain the permission of the Mayor/Do governor: Provided, That this shall not apply in case where it collects the expenses within the limit of the maximum amount to be collected as prescribed by the Minister of Health and Welfare. <Amended by Act No. 4633, Dec. 27, 1993> |
| (3) | If a person who establishes any pay facility for the aged, pay sanatorium for the aged or pay welfare houses for the aged under Article 19-3 (1), desires to collect expenses needed from those who are admitted to such facility, it shall report, in advance, to the Mayor/Do governor. <Amended by Act No. 4633, Dec. 27, 1993> |
| (4) | If a person who establishes an recreation facility for the aged or class for the aged under Article 20, desires to collect the expenses needed from those who use such facility, shall report, in advance, to the Mayor/Do governor. |
| (5) | If a person who executes the welfare project for the old-age at home under Article 20-3, desires to collect the expenses needed from those who are provided with the conveniences of such a project, he shall report, in advance, to the Mayor/Do governor. <Added by Act No. 4633, Dec. 27, 1993> |
| Article 29 (Assistance in Expenses) |
The State or local governments may assist with the expenses necessary for the establishment or operation of the welfare facilities for the aged, and the welfare projects for the aged at home, under the conditions as prescribed by the Presidential Decree. <Amended by Act No. 4633, Dec. 27, 1993>
CHAPTER Ⅴ SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS
| Article 30 (Request for Review) |
| (1) | If an old person or a person liable for supporting him has an objection against any welfare measure taken under this Act, he may request a review to the welfare administrators. |
| (2) | The welfare administrators shall, upon receiving a request for review under paragraph (1), make a review and decision on the matter and notify the requesting person within one month. |
| (3) | Any person who is dissatisfied with the review and decision as referred to in paragraph (2), may raise an administrative appeal within one month after he receives such notification. |
| Article 30-2 (Honorary Adviser for Welfare for Aged) |
| (1) | The welfare administrator may commit honorary advisers to protect the aged admitted to the pay welfare facilities for the aged. |
| (2) | The method of commission and the scope of activities, of the honorary advisers for the aged welfare, and other necessary matters, shall be determined by the Presidential Decree. |
[This Article Added by Act No. 4633, Dec. 27, 1993]
| Article 31 (Delegation of Authority) |
The Mayor/Do governor may delegate part of its authority as prescribed by this Act to the head of the Si/Gun/Ku.
CHAPTER Ⅵ PENAL PROVISIONS
| Article 32 (Penal Provisions) |
Any person who establishes or operates any pay welfare facilities for the aged without obtaining the permission as provided in Article 19-3 (1) shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than two years, or by a fine not exceeding ten million won. [This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 4633, Dec. 27, 1993]
| Article 32-2 (Penal Provisions) |
Any person who falls under any of the following subparagraphs shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by a fine not exceeding five million won:
| 1. | A person who establishes or operates any welfare facilities for the aged without obtaining the permission as prescribed in Article 19 (2); and |
| 2. | A person who executes any welfare project for the aged at home without obtaining the permission as prescribed in Article 20-3 (1). |
[This Article Added by Act No. 4633, Dec. 27, 1993]
| Article 33 (Penal Provisions) |
Any person who falls under any of the following subparagraphs shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred thousand won:
| 1. | A person who fails to submit a report in contravention of the provisions of Article 21; and |
| 2. | A person who refuses an entrustment in contravention of the provisions of Article 22. |
| Article 34 (Joint Penal Provisions) |
If a representative of a juristic person, or an agent, servant or other employee of a juristic person or individual commits an offense as prescribed in Article 32, 32-2 or 33 in connection with the affairs of the juristic person or individual, the fine as prescribed in the Articles concerned shall be imposed on such juristic person or individual, in addition to punishment of the offender. <Amended by Act No. 4633, Dec. 27, 1993>
ADDENDA
| (1) | (Enforcement Date) This Act shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation. |
| (2) | (Transitional Measures concerning Welfare Facilities for the Aged) Facilities for the aged, sanatoriums for the aged, pay facilities for the aged which are established at the time this Act enters into force, shall be considered as facilities for the aged, actual expense facilities for the aged, sanatoriums for the aged, actual expense sanatoriums for the aged, pay facilities for the aged, pay sanatoriums for the aged under this Act, respectively |
| (3) | (Transitional Measures concerning Recreation Facilities for the Aged) The welfare colleges for the aged, colleges for the aged, welfare schools for the aged, schools for the aged, classes for the aged and respect-for-age halls which are operated by the social welfare corporation and other non-profit corporations at the time this Act enters into force, shall be registered as classes for the aged or respect-for-age halls with the criteria for establishment satisfied under this Act within one year after this Act enters into force. |
ADDENDA<Act No. 4633, Dec. 27, 1993>
| (1) | (Enforcement Date) This Act shall enter into force six months after the date of its promulgation. |
| (2) | (Transitional Measures concerning the Welfare House for the Aged) Any welfare houses for the aged established pursuant to the previous provisions at the time this Act enters into force, shall be considered as the actual expense welfare houses for the aged established under this Act. |
ADDENDA〈Act No. 5317, Mar. 27. 1997〉
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Act shall enter into force on July 1, 1998.
Articles 2 through 6 Omitted.